Positive Effects Of Video Games

Video games are frowned upon by parents as time-wasters, and worse, some education

experts think that these games corrupt the brain. Playing violent video games are easily

blamed by the media and some experts as the reason why some young people become

violent or commit extreme anti-social behavior. When parents think about how much

time their children spend playing video games, they're typically concerned with the

various health risks and conditions commonly associated with video gaming addiction.

However many scientists and psychologists find that video games can actually have many

benefits – the main one is making kids smart. Video games may actually teach kids high-

level thinking skills that they will need in the future. Also

The word video in video game traditionally referred to a raster display device,

but in the 2000s, it implies any type of display device that can produce two- or three-

dimensional images. Video games are sometimes believed to be a form of art, but this

designation is controversial.

Positive effects of video game:

a. Providing learning skills :

Playing video games may boost children’s learning skills like it may strengthen a range

of cognitive skills such as spatial navigation, reasoning, memory and perception, and

decision making according to several studies reviewed in the article. This is particularly

true for shooter video games that are often violent, the authors said. A 2013 meta-analysis

found that playing shooter video games improved a player’s capacity to think about

objects in three dimensions, just as well as academic courses to enhance these same

skills, according to the study.

Playing video games may also help children develop problem-solving skills, the authors

said. The more adolescents reported playing strategic video games, such as role-playing

games, the more they improved in problem solving and school grades the following

In order to progress in game ,one must first learn to follow the guidelines , restriction and

components of them. Playing video game is similar to working through the science

problem. Like students in laboratory , the gamer must come up with hypothesis for

example the gamer must constantly try out combinations of weapons and powers to use to

defeat an enemy. If one does not work ,he/she changes hypothesis and try the next one.

b. Social skills:

Gaming is stimulating, a learning experience and a social activity. The reason why

people find it so enjoyable is that games are usually the right degree of challenging and

the player takes an active role (unlike watching television) so there is an incentive to

achieve .Let’s also not forget that many games, like “Rise of Nations” or “Age of

Mythology” are educational and have a lot to offer in areas like science, politics, history

and cultural studies and some games are practical, like pilot-training simulations.